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I’ve been posting some new classes and after rereading I thought to myself how does anyone really now what I’m talking about? \u00a0I keep saying Mysore like everyone has this clear understanding.\u00a0I use the word to describe something, a style of practice and if you practice in this method you understand what goes on in the Mysore room. \u00a0One way to learn about it is to observe a session or class however the best way is to participate.<\/p>\n
The Mysore Room<\/em> is the Yoga Room<\/em> and the\u00a0*Shala<\/em> is the Yoga Studio<\/em>.\u00a0 Mysore is a city from which\u00a0the practice originated and also where yogis in the Ashtanga method go to practice with their teacher. It’s a pilgrimage to the source. \u00a0 A Mysore session is where you get to do a self paced practice. \u00a0That’s after you learn the sequence in the Mysore room under the guidance of your teacher. Your teacher also gives out the new poses and will let you know when it is time to add on to your practice. This applies to all levels of practitioners. There\u00a0are hands on adjustments, verbal cues\u00a0and lots of learning. \u00a0New sensations, sweat and sometimes the mind is on overload. Your practice is your own and you are instructed in the asana (poses). \u00a0The count sounds funny and instructions are brief. \u00a0Sanskrit is used for the names of the poses mostly. \u00a0For a first timer there are a lot of new things happening. \u00a0First timers get instructed, then they get to be independent, but they are not sure that they want to be. The mind is more active for someone new to the mat. Students are instructed to breathe, to let the thoughts go, come back to the breath some more and to come back to doing the vinyasa. \u00a0The vinyasa is the coordinated movement with the breath. \u00a0Last week someone asked me what I practiced and I said, “Ashtanga Yoga”.\u00a0They remarked,\u00a0“Oh is that the one with the breathing?” \u00a0I was pleased and replied, “yes, yes, it is.” \u00a0and continued to explain that she had given it a perfect description.<\/p>\n The Mysore room is also a place where the teacher can teach you in a semi private way. \u00a0The teachings are built off where you left off the last time you practiced at the Shala. \u00a0Many times we get in our own way and we opt out. \u00a0We leave too early, we try to do it on our own. We don’t trust that this method will work or that we will ever learn what to do. That it’s too hard. Yoga is not easy however in the Mysore method you only are instructed to do what you can do. There is support of the teacher, support of fellow practitioners and a shared energy that helps on the journey. Anyone can practice this Mysore method of Ashtanga Yoga\u00a0. . . you just have to want to do it.<\/p>\n *Shala is a Sanskrit word meaning, “home, abode”. A Yoga Shala is a ‘place of yoga’. It is a gathering place for students of Traditional Yoga to practice, share, experience and grow.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been posting some new classes and after rereading I thought to myself how does anyone really now what I’m talking about? \u00a0I keep saying Mysore like everyone has this clear understanding.\u00a0I use the word to describe something, a style of practice and if you practice in this method you understand what goes on in … Continue reading A Breathing System<\/span>